song 1 : always start with prayer
Om bhurbhuva swaha..i simply copied this from somewhere but not sure where so can not give the credit to person who was kind enough to write it.
oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ
svaḥ
(a) tat savitur vareṇyaṃ
(b) bhargo devasya dhīmahi
(c) dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
* Pronunciation in normal Latin Alphabet
om= invoking universe
Om bhoor bhuva swahah ;= earth atmosphere space;
tat savi tur varenyam ; = that sun god stimulator ;
bhargo dey vasya dhi mahhi = radiance of GOd may we attain
dheeyo
yoh= OUR PRAYERS
pracho
dayaht = 'who may stimulate'
(a, b) "May
we attain that excellent glory of Savitr the God:"
(c) "So may he stimulate our prayers."
Word-by-word
explanation:-
* om The sacred sound, see Om (universe)
* bhū 'earth' * bhuvas
'atmosphere' * svar 'light, heaven,
space' * tat 'that'
* savitur of Savitr the god' (genitives of savitr-, 'stimulator, rouser; name
of a sun-deity' and deva- 'god' or 'demi-god')
* varenyam 'Fit to be worshipped' varenya- 'desirable, excellent'
* bhargo 'Glory Effulgence' (radiance, lustre, splendour, glory)
* devasya 'of God'
* dhīmahi 'may we attain' (1st person plural middle optative of dhā- 'set,
bring, fix' etc.)
* dhiyaḥ naḥ 'our prayers' (accusative plural of dhi- 'thought, meditation,
devotion, prayer' and naḥ enclitic personal pronoun)
* yaḥ prachodayāt 'who
may stimulate' (nominative singular of relative pronoun yad-; causative 3rd
person of pra-cud- 'set in motion, drive on, urge, impel')
The
Gayatri Mantra
is a highly revered mantra in Hinduism, second
only to the mantra Om. It consists of the
prefix :oṃ bhūr
bhuvaḥ svaḥ ॐ भूर्भुवस्वः, a formula taken
from the Yajurveda, and the verse 3.62.10 of the Rigveda (which is an example
of the Gayatri mantra). Since all the other three Vedas contain much material
rearranged from the Rig Veda, the Gayatri mantra is found in all the four
Vedas. The deva invoked in this mantra is Savitr, and hence the mantra is also
called Sāvitrī. In Atharva Veda, the Gayatri mantra is different from the
regular Gayatri mantra.
By many Hindus, the Gayatri is seen as a Divine awakening of the mind and soul,
and within it a way to reach the most Supreme form of existence, and the way to
Union with Brahman. Understanding, and purely
loving the essence of the Gayatri Mantra is seen by many to be one, if not the
most powerful ways to attain God.
See Sanskrit for
details of pronunciation.
oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ
(a) tat savitur vareṇyaṃ
(b) bhargo devasya dhīmahi
(c) dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
